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I test drove the Jetta TDI several times, but just never felt compelled to buy it. It just never had anything that stood out to me in the "buy me!" sort of way. The Cruze was different. I instantly liked the car from the moment I first heard the engine fire up and I liked everything about it on the test drive. There were a lot of little things that made up my decision, but hard to really itemize. I just simply liked the Cruze better and it very clearly said "buy me!". 67K miles later, I am still very glad I did.

 

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they make a diesel jetta?

lol!!

 

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I am looking at the CTD, and am a current Volkswagen owner. I don't own a TDI however, I have a GTI.

Volkswagens are almost always fun to drive, but mine and all of my friends' VWs have been bottomless money pits. The older TDIs have a great reputation for reliability; the new ones not so much. The Jettas and Golfs have the infamous HPFP and intercooler icing problem, plus the general electronic issues you can expect on any VW. The Passats have so far been pretty hardy I believe. Also, if you're buying an auto trans, VWs DCT is not particularly reliable but there is always the manual available.

The new Mk7 generation is fixing the intercooler icing issues, but not the HPFP if I recall. They're also adding the DPF and new modular chassis system to lower manufacturing costs and purchase price, and are moving production to Mexico. VW does very well around the world sales wise, but they're slipping badly in the US so the cost cutting is their attempt to bring customers in.

Reliability is important to me so I have been taking a more serious look at the CTD which seems to be a pretty solid platform.

In 75K miles on my CTD I have needed wheel bearings and an exhaust gas temperature sensor. Although not perfect, nothing near catastrophic and indicates to me it's a very solid powertrain. I expect it to be reliable well past 100K miles.

 

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How many miles were on your car when the wheel bearings needed to be replaced and how many miles when the EGT sensor went?

Wheel bearings were noisy from the high 40's but I thought it was my snow tires. I ended up replacing at 60K. The sensor went a week later at 61K.

 

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I remember one bump in particular that I hit coming into Staten Island at about 70 MPH that could very well have damaged the bearings. Plus I do corner aggressively from time to time.

 

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Oh I loved my golf , I don't like the new 2015 golf and it's made in Mexico not Germany like the other golf's and Rabbit .

Get another Cruze

 

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I hope so, I have been on and off reading on others with some of the issues I had as well. For the most part, most on here have had really good luck with the diesel cruze.
I test drove a gas 1.4 and just felt it was not the kick in the paints like the diesel are even with a tune on it. A stock VW GTI is more fun to drive then a tuned 1.4 just what I saw and felt driving them .

I'm at 85K miles now and still going strong!